[WesternCulture]

“I don’t think that those who survived were in the water, but high and dry in lifeboats.”

- You’re probably right.

Anyhow, it is remarkable that such a high rate of third class passengers of Swedish ancestry survived as they, to begin with, knew far less English than most other people on the ship.

I think it matters that we Scandinavians, by tradition and perhaps even by genetics, are more accustomed to cold weather and rough seas.

[PeterPrinciple]

I think it matters that we Scandinavians, by tradition and perhaps even by genetics, are more accustomed to cold weather and rough seas.

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It is also most likely that women and children could not endure cold weather and rough seas as men. But then the researcher here does not have a thinking cap...............

[kearnyirish2]

“I think it matters that we Scandinavians, by tradition and perhaps even by genetics, are more accustomed to cold weather and rough seas.”

I’d think that Scandinavians also knew more than others that in water that cold you literally have minutes; the rescue ships were too far away, and anyone that thought they’d do the “Jack thing” from the movie (clinging to a raft, with your body immersed) was completely ignorant of that.